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A trial court must exercise care in distinguishing between ordinary disputes and irritations common in a domestic relationship and those actions that cross the line into domestic violence

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January 30, 2012 at 4:02 pm

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Domestic violence is ordinarily more than an isolated aberrant act and incorporates the legislative intent to provide a vehicle to protect victims whose safety is threatened

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November 13, 2011 at 2:06 pm

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A finding of harassment must be supported by some evidence that the actor’s conscious object was to alarm or annoy; mere awareness that someone might be alarmed or annoyed is insufficient

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November 13, 2011 at 11:27 am

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Harassment may result due to the convergence of modern technology and the foibles of human judgment

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November 9, 2011 at 3:24 pm

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The harassment statute criminalizes speech that invades one’s privacy by ‘its offensive coarseness or extreme inconvenience

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November 2, 2011 at 1:23 pm

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Domestic violence often presents circumstances in which a party may mask an intent to harass with what could otherwise be an innocent act

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November 2, 2011 at 12:40 pm

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Domestic violence often presents circumstances in which a party may mask an intent to harass with what could otherwise be an innocent act; but, some domestic violence complainants may perceive an entirely innocent act to be a harassing one as well

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October 24, 2011 at 5:37 pm

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The speech punished by the harassment statute must be uttered with the specific intention of harassing the listener

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August 20, 2011 at 12:22 pm

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In order for a communication or conduct to constitute harassment and an act of domestic violence, the defendant must speak or act with the purpose to harass another

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August 1, 2011 at 1:46 pm

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To find that defendant’s purpose was to alarm plaintiff requires proof of anxiety or distress

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May 17, 2011 at 1:31 pm

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